Health Economics & Outcomes Research Fellowships

This two-year fellowship program, established in 1995, and offered in conjunction with Thomas Jefferson University, provides training and exposure to the various aspects of outcomes research in the academic and industrial settings. The program is structured to assist the Fellow in identifying future career opportunities in outcomes research while learning and working in a challenging post-graduate environment.

In year one of the program, the Fellow is educated on outcomes research methodology through project experience and didactic studies at Thomas Jefferson University. The Fellow participates as a member of the research staff at the Jefferson School of Population Health, designing and conducting projects, and disseminating findings through manuscript preparation and presentation at professional meetings. In year two, the Fellow will work with the Outcomes Research Department at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC in New Jersey to learn how outcomes research is used to assess the value of therapeutic interventions. The Fellow will gain experience using clinical, economic, and humanistic data to support the research, development, adoption, and utilization of pharmaceutical products. The Fellow also interacts with other departments at JSA to learn how outcomes research generates evidence of the value of J&J products.

For additional information on this fellowship, contact Joseph D. Jackson, PhD.

This innovative two-year post-graduate fellowship will provide the opportunity to conceptualize, implement, evaluate, and disseminate the results of medical device-related health economics and outcomes research. This fellowship program will expose the Fellow to the science of evidenced-based medicine, the global evidence requirements landscape, the tools and resources required for surgical healthcare decision-making.

In addition, the Fellow will gain research skills for evaluating the quality, safety, and cost of medical devices in the US marketplace as well as exposure to Health Technology Assessment and Market Access issues globally. Fellows also have the opportunity to take courses and pursue a master’s degree at Jefferson in one of several disciplines, including Public Health, Health Policy and Healthcare Quality and Safety. Graduates of the program will be well prepared for positions with medical device companies, broad health care delivery systems, payer and health technology assessment organizations.

The Fellow will be selected on a competitive basis from a national pool of candidates with scientific and/or clinical training in health care. Candidates must have scientific or clinical training in health care (examples include biomedical engineering, nursing, medicine, public health, epidemiology, health economics, pharmacy) and a stated interest in Health Economics and/or Outcomes Research. Individuals having completed relevant graduate coursework will be preferred.

The first year of the program will be based at Thomas Jefferson University and the second year will be at the Ethicon's headquarters in Somerville, NJ.

For additional information on this fellowship, contact Joseph D. Jackson, PhD.

This two-year fellowship program, established in 2011, and offered in conjunction with Thomas Jefferson University, provides training and exposure to the various aspects of outcomes research in the academic and industrial settings. The program is structured to assist the Fellow in identifying future career opportunities in outcomes research while learning and working in a challenging post-graduate environment.

In year one of the program, the Fellow is educated on outcomes research methodology through project experience and didactic studies at Thomas Jefferson University. The Fellow participates as a member of the research staff at the Jefferson School of Population Health, designing and conducting projects, and disseminating findings through manuscript preparation and presentation at professional meetings.
In year two, the Fellow will work with the Health Economics and Outcomes Research Department (HE&OR) at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in New Jersey to learn how outcomes research is used to assess the value of therapeutic interventions. The Fellow will gain experience using clinical, economic, and humanistic data to support the research, development, adoption, and utilization of pharmaceutical products.

For additional information on this fellowship, contact Fellowship Director Joseph D. Jackson, PhD.